balanites

== French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === balanites f plural of balanite === Noun === balanites m plural of balanite == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνῑ́της (bălănī́tēs, “acorn-shaped; an acorn-shaped stone”), from βᾰ́λᾰνος (bắlănos, “acorn”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ba.ɫaˈniː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ba.laˈniː.tes] === Noun === balanītēs m (genitive balanītae); first declension A kind of precious stone resembling an acorn ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). === References === “balanites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “balanites”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.